Home Decor with a Heart: Pay it Forward for Layla Grace
Christine Skaley of Pillow Throw Decor has designed a limited edition of ten Baby Layla Grace pillows (samples and embroidery details below). Each of these beautifully detailed decorative pillows will be embroidered with Layla Grace’s name and 100% of the sales price will be donated to the “Fight For Layla” charity fundraiser. The goal is to raise $1000.00 towards easing the financial burden (over $100,000) the Marsh family is faced with.
- Learn more about “Pay it Forward for Layla Grace”
- Twitter updates: @PayItFourward on Twitter : All followers of @payitFOURward will be entered into at least 3 home décor giveaways provided by The Decorating Diva,LLC which will be drawn March 15th.
Pay It Forward for Layla Grace Marsh
Many of you have followed the story of Layla Grace Marsh – she captivated our hearts with her big, beautiful blue eyes, her whimsical little smile and those adorable flower caps she wore with such charm. As many of you know, Layla became an angel on Tuesday March 9th, 2010. Though only two years old this precious little baby touched hearts across the globe and the world mourns her loss.
List of home decor & books in Pay It Forward for Layla Grace Give-Away
Christine of Pillow Throw Decor, iCraft Admin, various designers, and The Decorating Diva, LLC are putting together a benefit for Layla Grace Marsh :
Layla Grace was a happy, healthy little girl … always sweet as pie and a little cuddle monkey too. She was the inspiration for her mom, Shanna Marsh, who started a fun website called Baby Wears Prada. Shanna befriended and supported the handmade and the design communities through her site, blogging and promoting all things cute and cuddly for babies.
Ten months ago Shanna and Ryan Marsh were delivered shocking and devastating news. Layla Grace had been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called Neuroblastoma,… stage 4 with a very poor prognosis.
Shanna has shared her family’s journey in touching and inspirational posts at www.LaylaGrace.org.
The New Year brought the discovery of new aggressively growing tumors in spite of all the debilitating treatments. The doctors narrowed Layla’s life expectancy to 2 months at best. Layla’s little body fights pain with diminished strength and waning energy but her spirit is still bright and loving. Shanna and Ryan’s faith and prayerfulness and the kind loving support of so many friends are their solace in the fading hours of Layla’s life.
It was early last year that Shanna befriended an online handmade seller RuffleButts and it was from this lady’s blog post yesterday that I learned that she and her husband were contributing $5000 (FaceBook.com/RuffleButts ) to the FightForLayla Fund.
All the money in the world will not heal Layla, nor will it ease the anguish and heartbreaking sorrow for the Marsh family. But financial assistance will lift the costly burdens of travel, childcare for the other children, hospital meals,and the growing $100,000.00+ medical bill that insurance doesn’t cover. Shanna and Ryan need to be at Layla’s side, physically, emotionally and spiritually.
You and I will never meet the Marsh family, or even each other, but we are all now tied together, maybe more than if we lived on the same street. Friends are connecting with friends. Through prayer, you and I have been tapped on the shoulder by the story of Layla. (Read more of Christine’s blog at Paying It Forward for Layla Grace Charity)
How You Can Help:
1) Go to Direct donation to Fighting for Layla Grace and make a donation of any amount that has the number 4 in it. I picked $44. After you have done that, leave a brief comment here, in this blog post, with words of encouragement for the Marsh Family. Tweet this post and encourage others to help. Comments will be entered for 3 giveaways for $100, $60 and $40 gift certificates to spend in PillowThrowDecor. Comments [Post your Comments at Paying It Forward for Layla Grace Charity] for giveaways will close March 10th.
2) Please follow @PayItFourward on Twitter because we want to send you a message for next week when we will be selling/auctioning off a collection of 10 very unique girly “Layla Pillows”. Here’s a sample pillow.
That will be the second blog in this Pay It Forward for Layla Grace series. All followers of @PayItFourward will be entered into at least 3 home décor giveaways provided by The Decorating Diva, LLC which will be drawn March 15th.
3) Starting next week in the third Pay it Fourward blog we will be posting a list of all icraft sellers that will be providing one or more items for sale with proceeds being donated to the Fighting for Layla Grace Fund. In fact you will be able to search using “Layla” for items being donated by our sellers.
To keep things simple, you can purchase directly from the icraft seller and they will remit the funds as a donation through Paypal. We are going to do our best to mobilize as many sellers as quickly as possible for next Monday morning. Stay tuned for more details here in our blogs. Don’t forget to follow @payitfourward. (Read more at Paying It Forward for Layla Grace Charity)
Have A Product To Donate for Paying It Forward for Layla Grace ?
If you’re a designer, craftsperson or artist who’d like to donate a product for giveaway or list a product for donation for “Paying It Forward for Layla Grace Charity” fund raiser, please email us at PayingItForwardForLayla@thedecoratingdiva.com.
Please stay tuned and follow @payitfourward as we will be posting more information regarding this fund raiser. In the mean time, please help us get the word out – please share this story and benefit with your friends, family and all you know.
The Decorating Diva, LLC Give Aways for Paying It Forward for Layla Grace.
Enter to win by following @payitfourward on twitter.
 BOOK: The Home Book from House Beautiful. |
 BOOK: Decorating …the professional touch. (Decorating Den) |
 BOOK: Enough Already! by Peter Walsh (Office Max) |
 Izola Studio 54 Shower Curtain (Studio 54 image taken by photographer Patrick McMullan.) |
 mint Pillow (indoor/outdoor) “Barong” from Bali Collection |
 Wedding Singer Napkin Rings (set of 6) from Maybelline Te of Snug Furniture and Frou La La blog. |
 Archipelago Botanicals “Hyacinth” diffuser provided by Julie Bova Interior Design. |
 Archipelago Botanicals “Arugula” soy candle provided by Julie Bova Interior Design |
Wedding Singer Napkin Rings (set of 6) from Maybelline Te of Snug Furniture and Frou La La blog. |
Give away items have been provided to The Decorating Diva, LLC by the companies noted above.
List of Give Aways:
- Book: The Home Book (1)
- Book: Decorating …the professional (1)
- Book: Enough Already! (1)
- Studio 54 Shower Curtain (1)
- “Barong” indoor/outdoor decorative pillow (1)
- Wedding Singer Napkin Rings (set of 6) (2)
- Archipelago Botanicals “Hyacinth” diffuser (1)
- Archipelago Botanicals “Arugula” soy candle (1)
The Decorating Diva, LLC will pay for shipping costs to giveaway winners.
Best, Carmen
Editor, The Decorating Diva, LLC
Please submit your comments at Paying It Forward for Layla Grace Charity.
More on Layla Grace Marsh:
Direct donation to Fighting for Layla Grace
Buy a “Fighting for Layla Grace” Tshirt
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